Should libgssapi be hidden behind the MK_KERBEROS knob?

Gordon M Tetlow tetlowgm at mac.com
Sat Dec 8 13:16:57 PST 2007


On Dec 8, 2007, at 8:38 AM, Brooks Davis wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 03:49:28PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
>> If there is a better list for this, don't hesitate to let me know.
>>
>> I use WITHOUT_KERBEROS=true in /etc/{make|src}.conf, since I don't
>> need or use it. However, this leads to a problem with building the
>> kdelibs3 port. The configure script looks for the presence of
>> libgssapi and the associated headers, and takes that to mean that
>> kerberos is available, and sets things up accordingly. This causes
>> the build to fail when it tries to actually link something to a
>> kerberos library.
>>
>> I realize that GSS can be used for other things besides kerberos, but
>> are we really losing anything by hiding them both under the same  
>> knob?
>> If the answer to that is yes, is there any objection to a WITHOUT_GSS
>> knob?
>
> We wouldn't loose anything today, but a without GSS knob makes more
> sense to me.  There's at least one other GSS system in fairly wide use
> in the high performance computing world today.

How about WITHOUT_KERBEROS implies WITHOUT_GSSAPI unless people  
specifically ask for GSSAPI? Is that too obscure?

-gordon


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